{"679333":{"#nid":"679333","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Bench2Market Talks","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Securing Investment for Your Startup\u0022 - Kiersten Stead and Flagship Pioneering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecuring funding for your early-stage startup can be one of the most challenging aspects of entrepreneurship. In addition to providing funds for your startup to develop and grow, investors often play a key role in company management and strategy. Attend this interactive panel discussion with investors from various firms to learn what they look for in a startup company and how to position yourself for fundraising success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_K70uU1aYQVuJWDo9eeyWhw#\/registration\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegister to attend via Zoom.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESpeakers\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKiersten Stead,\u003C\/strong\u003E Manager Partner, DCVA Bio\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFlagship Pioneering\u003C\/strong\u003E, Capital Formation Team\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EModerators\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAngela Gill Nelms\u003C\/strong\u003E, Managing Director, Biolocity\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENassir Mokarram\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of Investments, Emory Investment Management\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis event is the final session in the 2024-2025 Bench2Market Talks series, created to provide commercialization guidance to the university research community. For more details on the series and the full schedule, visit \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biolocity.gatech.edu\/news-and-events\/b2m-talks\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttps:\/\/biolocity.gatech.edu\/news-and-events\/b2m-talks\/\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Securing Investment for Your Startup\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Securing Investment for Your Startup\u0022 - Kiersten Stead and Flagship Pioneering"}],"uid":"35486","created_gmt":"2025-01-09 15:01:53","changed_gmt":"2025-05-18 23:56:15","author":"Christina Wessels","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-05-21T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-05-21T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-05-21T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-05-21 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-05-21 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-05-21 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Webinar","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/biolocity.gatech.edu\/bench2market\/","title":"Biolocity website"}],"groups":[{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"},{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"},{"id":"188880","name":"go-bio-commercialization"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}